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By Ian Gustafson

Canada's best

CCAA Women’s Soccer National Championship begins Wednesday

Nov 4, 2025 | 4:54 PM

The Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association Women’s Soccer National Championship has finally arrived in Red Deer.

From Nov. 5-8 at Setter’s Place, the top women’s college soccer teams from across Canada, including the Red Deer Polytechnic Queens, will compete for a national title.

Programs competing for the championship include the Mount Saint Vincent University Mystics from Nova Scotia, the St. Clair College Saints from Ontario, the Concordia University of Edmonton Thunder, Élans de Garneau from Quebec, the Brandon University Bobcats from Manitoba, the Ahuntsic Aigles from Montreal, the Vancouver Island University Mariners from B.C., and the RDP Queens.

The action kicks off on Wednesday with four quarter-final matchups beginning at 10 a.m. followed by matches at 12:30 p.m., 3 p.m., and 5:30 p.m.

The Queens will face the Mariners at 5:30 p.m., with the time of their next game on Thursday dependent on what happens in their first match.

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On Thursday, the bronze quarter-finals will run at 10 a.m. and 12:30 p.m., followed by the semi-finals at 3 p.m. and 5:30 p.m.

There will be more games on Friday before the bronze medal game and championship final on Saturday at noon and 3 p.m.

The Queens finished the 2025 campaign in second place in the Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference (ACAC) south division standings with a 10-4-1 record.

However, in the ACAC Women’s Soccer Championship, the Queens won the bronze medal after defeating the SAIT Trojans 2-1 in Lethbridge on Oct. 26.

The full schedule and other information about the tournament can be found here.